I like how Indians respect their elders

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Shri Narendra Modi seeking blessings from his mother

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[Dema]

why is he kissing her foots

[Mortimer]

why is he kissing her foots

sign of respect

[wvwvw]

Maybe their blind respect to their elders contribute to their backwardness. Many of those elders are superstitious and bigoted and many are definetely no wiser despite their age.

Wasn't an elderly counsil in Pakistan that decided to punish a woman with gangrape?

Instead of relying rule of law for justice, villagers are often abandonded to the whims of their elders.

[Mortimer]

Maybe their blind respect to their elders contribute to their backwardness. Many of those elders are superstitious and bigoted and many are definetely no wiser despite their age.

Wasn't an elderly counsil in Pakistan that decided to punish a woman with gangrape?

Instead of relying rule of law for justice, villagers are often abandonded to the whims of their elders.

I think this is atypical. That elders decide gang rape. dont think this is common case.

[Shelby]

When something is expected from the parents via culture, it doesnt make you respect your parents more if you furfill their expectations, rather you're trying to avoid a beating, respect has nothing to do with cultural expectations, rather it comes from within

[wvwvw]

When something is expected from the parents via culture, it doesnt make you respect your parents more if you furfill their expectations, rather you're trying to avoid a beating, respect has nothing to do with cultural expectations, rather it comes from within

I think we should show our appreciation to the elderly and take into account their point of view. But kiss their hands, bow, submit...just no.

[wvwvw]

I think all people should be respected irrespectively of their age, even children.

But I agree that elders should be respected and not be seen as a burden. They are in a way our cultural heritage our link to the past.

I like how the Queen Elisabeth writes personally a letter to every British person who has filled 100 years old.

[wvwvw]

I think this is atypical. That elders decide gang rape. dont think this is common case.

It is uncommon among educated Indians, but not that uncommon among uneducated elders:

India police: Village council ordered woman's gang rape

20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the orders of a village council because she fell in love with a man from a different religion, police said Thursday.

Thirteen men have been arrested in the Monday night attack, police official C. Sudhakar said. The woman told police that she lost count of how many men raped her. She was hospitalized Thursday in serious condition.

Television footage showed the woman, her face covered by scarves, being led into a hospital with an IV tube in her arm.

According to police, the village council in Subalpur village ordered the woman to pay a fine of 25,000 rupees (nearly $500 Cdn) when her relationship with the man was discovered. But when her family said they were too poor to pay, the council ordered the gang rape.

A rash of high-profile rapes in India over the past year has sparked widespread outrage over chronic sexual violence and government failures to protect women.

The West Bengal case is particularly troubling, because it was allegedly ordered by a council made up of village elders. Such councils are not legally binding in India, but they are seen as the will of the local community. The councils decide on social norms in the village, and in some cases they dictate the way women can dress or who they can marry. Those who flout the councils risk being ostracized.

Subalpur is about 180 kilometres north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.

Four years ago, a village council in Birbhum district ordered a young woman paraded naked through the village. She was accused of falling in love with a man from a different caste.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-police-village-council-ordered-woman-s-gang-rape-1.2507649

[Shelby]

I think we should show our appreciation to the elderly and take into account their point of view. But kiss their hands, bow, submit...just no.

Yea exactly, and if ur mum says kiss my feet rn that wont make u respect them if u do

[Mortimer]

It is uncommon among educated Indians, but not that uncommon among uneducated elders:

India police: Village council ordered woman's gang rape

20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the orders of a village council because she fell in love with a man from a different religion, police said Thursday.

Thirteen men have been arrested in the Monday night attack, police official C. Sudhakar said. The woman told police that she lost count of how many men raped her. She was hospitalized Thursday in serious condition.

Television footage showed the woman, her face covered by scarves, being led into a hospital with an IV tube in her arm.

According to police, the village council in Subalpur village ordered the woman to pay a fine of 25,000 rupees (nearly $500 Cdn) when her relationship with the man was discovered. But when her family said they were too poor to pay, the council ordered the gang rape.

A rash of high-profile rapes in India over the past year has sparked widespread outrage over chronic sexual violence and government failures to protect women.

The West Bengal case is particularly troubling, because it was allegedly ordered by a council made up of village elders. Such councils are not legally binding in India, but they are seen as the will of the local community. The councils decide on social norms in the village, and in some cases they dictate the way women can dress or who they can marry. Those who flout the councils risk being ostracized.

Subalpur is about 180 kilometres north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.

Four years ago, a village council in Birbhum district ordered a young woman paraded naked through the village. She was accused of falling in love with a man from a different caste.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-police-village-council-ordered-woman-s-gang-rape-1.2507649

Why is that less civilised then a greek who kills his daughter because she married a gypsy?

[Mortimer]

I think we should show our appreciation to the elderly and take into account their point of view. But kiss their hands, bow, submit...just no.

Its just a gesture, like shaking hands or pating someone on the back. And Europeans kiss the hands of their priests too